Our Brainiac Brains

OK, I'm shifting gears here. This is not going to be like my previous posts, but it is inspirational in its own right. One of the many things that interest me is the brain. How the brain works, and the many things that it does that we take for granted, has always been a fascination of mine. But in the last few years, the study of the brain has become even more fascinating with frontier science unravelling new understandings of brain capability that were once thought impossible. Thought of as a machine that once broken remained so, brain science has now proven that this is far from true- the brain is plastic. It can be changed. This phenomena is known now as neuroplasticity.

The following videos are all about this new frontier of the brain, presented by the author of The Brain That Changes itself, Norman Doidge.



Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFJYUzsXCSE&NR=1

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdBglY3yQ64&feature=fvwrel

Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwwzOQ9FqC0&feature=fvwrel

Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhMLzk6qx9c&NR=1&feature=fvwp